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Vienna archaeologists reveal mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle
Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the 3rd century ... A.D. That was cross-checked against known ...
Skeletons of the Roman Empire Are Found Under a Vienna Soccer Field
Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ...
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Could You Survive As A Roman Soldier On Hadrian’s Wall?
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A Construction Crew Was Renovating a Soccer Field—and Found the Bodies of 150 Ancient Roman Soldiers
When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, ...
Discovery of mass grave under football pitch changes what we know about the Roman Empire
Located in the Simmering district of Vienna, the mass grave holds the intertwined remains of at least 129 individuals. The ...
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Mass grave for fighters in Roman Empire-era battle revealed in Vienna
Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the ... against known history of relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in distinctive Roman ...
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A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented find: A heap of intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating back ...